Structural Alterations in Putney, SW15
Opening up the ground floor, removing load-bearing walls and forming new openings in Putney houses, with our own structural engineers and building control approval.
Covered under one contract
- Architectural and structural design
- Planning or lawful development certificate
- Foundations, walls, roof and steels
- Glazing, rooflights and doors
- Kitchen designed and fitted
- Building control and party wall handled
Structural Alterations in Putney.
Most of the houses in Putney were planned as a series of small rooms. Opening them up, whether that is knocking two reception rooms together, taking out the wall between the kitchen and dining room, or forming a wide opening onto the garden, is structural work, and it needs to be designed rather than improvised.
Our engineers design the steel beams, padstones and any temporary works, and our team installs them. The beam is usually hidden within the ceiling so the finished room shows no trace of the wall that was there. Building control inspects the work, and where the wall is shared with a neighbour we serve the party wall notices.
Structural alterations are often the first stage of a wider refurbishment, and we plan them as such, so the services, floor levels and finishes that follow are all designed together.
- Area
- Putney, SW15
- Council
- London Borough of Wandsworth
- Housing
- Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis, large houses on West Hill and by Putney Heath, mansion flats and riverside apartments
- Transport
- Putney Bridge, East Putney (District), Putney (rail)
- Rear or side return, on site
- 10 to 16 weeks
- Design and approvals
- 8 to 14 weeks before start
- Glazing lead time
- 6 to 10 weeks, ordered early
- Consent
- Permitted development or householder application
- Party wall
- Notices served by us
Putney: the houses and the planning rules.
Putney rises from the river to the Heath through streets of Victorian and Edwardian houses, with mansion flats near the bridge, larger houses on West Hill and around the Heath, and the Dover House garden estate to the west. It is a family district with good schools, and the houses are extended accordingly.
Side-return and rear extensions, loft conversions and full refurbishments are the everyday projects, and on the larger West Hill and Heath-side plots we see double-storey extensions and basements. Wandsworth's guidance is clear and the council decides quickly when the drawings are complete.
The Putney Embankment, West Putney and Dover House Estate conservation areas cover parts of the district; many streets are unrestricted.
London Borough of Wandsworth
Wandsworth decides applications and publishes a house extension design guide; outside the conservation areas permitted development covers many rear extensions and lofts.
Basements
The borough's basement policy requires a construction method statement and limits new basements to a single storey under part of the garden.
Dover House estate
The garden estate has Article 4 directions and guidance on windows, roofs and extensions.
Approvals for structural alterations in Putney.
Structural work needs building regulations approval and an engineer's calculations; where the wall is shared with a neighbour, party wall notices are required, and listed buildings need listed building consent for internal alterations.
Wandsworth decides applications and publishes a house extension design guide; outside the conservation areas permitted development covers many rear extensions and lofts.
What structural alterations in Putney includes.
- Architectural and structural design
- Planning or lawful development certificate
- Foundations, walls, roof and steels
- Glazing, rooflights and doors
- Kitchen designed and fitted
- Building control and party wall handled
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit & consultation
We visit, listen and measure. Brief, budget and constraints understood before any advice is given.
- 02
Design & itemised quote
Our architects and engineers draw the scheme, and from that we provide a transparent, itemised quotation for your approval.
- 03
Planning & approvals
Planning applications, building control and party wall matters handled for you.
- 04
Build, managed weekly
Our own trades, sequenced by a site manager. Progress reported every week.
- 05
Handover & aftercare
Joint snagging walk-through, documentation, and a guarantee on our workmanship.
Structural Alterations in Putney: your questions.
Can you remove a load-bearing wall in a Putney house?
Yes. Our structural engineer designs the steel beam and padstones, building control inspects the work, and if the wall is a party wall we serve the notices. The beam can usually be concealed within the ceiling depth.
Do structural alterations need planning permission?
Internal structural work does not need planning permission, but it always needs building regulations approval. Listed buildings need listed building consent for internal alterations.
Which parts of Putney do you cover?
All of Putney and SW15, including West Hill, Putney Hill, Lower Richmond Road, Deodar Road, Howards Lane, Ravenna Road, and the neighbouring districts. We are based in London and our teams work across central, north, north-west, west and south-west London.
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